Firm! Anies Fires West Jakarta Secretariat Staff For Proven Corruption

JAKARTA - The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, has dishonorably dismissed a civil servant (PNS) who was proven guilty of corruption and abuse of authority in the issuance of a statement of heirs with a loss of hundreds of millions of rupiah. The civil servant is Tri Prasetyo Utomo who is a staff of the Secretariat of the West Jakarta (Jakbar) City Administration.

This is stated in the Governor's Decree No. 989 of 2021 which was signed by Anies on August 16, 2021.

Head of the DKI Regional Personnel Agency (BKD) Maria Qibtiya said Anies' decision to fire one of his staff was based on the decision of the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court No. 36/Pidsus TPK/2020/PN.Jkt.Pst dated November 11, 2020.

"The issuance of the Governor's Decree was based on the decision of the panel of judges who had permanent legal force. The person concerned was sentenced to prison for 1 year and 4 months, and paid a fine of IDR 50 million, subsidized 3 months in prison," Maria said in her statement, Saturday, September 18.

Meanwhile, Head of the DKI Legal Bureau, Yayan Yuhanah, admitted that Tri Prasetyo Utomo had sued that his dismissal decree be revoked to the State Administrative Court (PTUN). However, it was aborted because it was considered not according to the procedure.

"The objection to the dismissal should be submitted for an administrative appeal to the ASN Advisory Board through the Employee Advisory Board, not to the Administrative Court. The lawsuit was dismissed in the dismissal process before entering the trial," Yayan said.